Scout Media’s no-good-very-bad 2016 is ending in the same fashion as the company announced Friday that it has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, per an internal memo sent to Awful Announcing (and confirmed by the Wall Street Journal). Scout filed the petitions Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the […]

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Last week, ESPN Radio host and espnW columnist Sarah Spain released a podcast in which she asked a group of prominent women in sports media about their experiences in a male-dominated field, including instances of sexual harassment they’d endured. It was just the latest instance of Spain speaking up about women’s issues, no matter how many people on […]

The people over at Fox are quite excited about Saturday night’s MLS Cup between Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders, the first MLS title match on English language network television since Columbus and New York played on ABC in 2008. “There’s a greater reach, a greater prestige to it,” said Fox Sports announcer John Strong— […]

Scottie Pippen was court side for last night’s Bulls game. He inexplicably is brother in arms with Jason Whitlock on the fashion front. Obviously Pippen being in attendance is something a broadcast is going to acknowledge. Shit, anyone on some of those 90’s Bulls teams is probably worth a mention, even Jud Buechler. But when Albert did […]

Welcome once again to This Week In Hot Takes, a collection of all the hottest sports media takes. Make sure not to burn yourself on these ones, carefully selected from the week of December 2-8. 5. Phil Mushnick’s whining about late games: New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick is known for his rather cranky take […]

There are a lot of good reasons for Disney to keep ESPN among its properties for the foreseeable future. The behemoth sports network remains the No. 1 player in the game, attracting way more eyeballs than any of its rivals. It’s a great platform for Disney to showcase and advertise its entertainment offerings. ESPN and ABC […]

In any conversation about ESPN’s NBA Countdown, someone invariably wonders why the show can’t be more like TNT’s Inside the NBA. While Inside the NBA is loose and fun and spontaneous, NBA Countdown can feel rigid and formulaic. But Jalen Rose, who is in his fourth season on Countdown, says the comparison isn’t quite fair. Asked by The Big Lead’s Ryan Glasspiegel about the success of […]

The Kansas City Chiefs picked up a huge AFC West win over the Oakland Raiders on Thursday Night Football this week. But there’s one play from the fourth quarter of the 21-13 victory that is drawing some extra scrutiny this morning in the aftermath of the game. Could the game have been changed because of a […]

Former NBA superstar Kevin Garnett is serving as a guest analyst for TNT in his first year of retirement, and offers some Inside the NBA commentary from a man cave/studio known as “Area 21″. Knowing that Garnett has a very, very difficult time saying many words without using profanity, TNT made sure to keep a bleep […]

Pro Football Focus is one of the smartest, most evidence-based sports web sites out there, but even they’re prone to some hot-takery once in a while. On Nov. 28, PFF published an article, by a writer named Sam Monson, headlined “The Chiefs can’t win a Super Bowl with the 2016 version of Alex Smith at QB.” […]

If you watched Hairspray Live on NBC this week, you may have noticed a number of live commercials sprinkled throughout the broadcast. As Fox is selling spots for Super Bowl LI in February, it’s looking at ways to bring advertisers into the fold. According to Variety, Fox is nearing 90% sold for the Big Game. And Fox […]

Troy Aikman famously played his entire career with the Dallas Cowboys, retiring after the 2000 season. But during a radio interview on Thursday, Aikman revealed that he almost came out of retirement in 2002, after a phone call from Andy Reid. The interview was with KTCK-AM in Dallas, and was detailed by the Dallas News: […]

The Michael Kay Show on ESPN Radio in New York is known as the other show hosted by a man named “Michael” in the Big Apple, the other being the Mike Francesa Show on WFAN. Kay’s show is normally behind Francesa in the ratings, but has the benefit of being simulcast on YES Network. The […]